Some members of the famous Ahmadpur family had been in the
presence of the beloved Master when the Shrine of the Bab had almost been
completed. In their longing to have a share in that great and historic enterprise,
they asked the Master if they could make a special carpet for the floor and
send it to Haifa. He accepted their request and gave instructions as to what
design they should choose for the carpet. This photo was taken after its
completion and before its dispatch to the Holy Land. The people sitting in
front are from the family of Haji Ahmad, in whose silk factory the Bab's body
had been kept after being taken from the edge of the moat outside the city of
Tabriz. This rug is now placed in the Shrine of the Bab.
(Baha’i News, October
1964)
